What did we learn? -Game 2- Troy

I've learned:

With good coaching you're supposed to play better after your tuneup game and clean up all the first game mistakes.  We doubled down on first game mistake in game two.  Thank goodness we didn't start with two road games.

The O-line has regressed from last season

I don't understand or like our play calling and personnel decisions, but opposing teams do.

I'm calling BS on all the big talk in the off season on the intensity of the new conditioning regiment.  In two games in not stretch of the imagination have we looked like the better conditioned team in the 4th quarter.

Lastly I learned I should probably not post immediately following a loss especially at home to Troy. 

 
irafreak said:
Mad is fine. Plenty of posters that are unreasonable. I wonder if they hold themselves to impossible standards. Losing to Troy is frustrating but not completely unexpected. This team was awful last year and troy is a solid team.
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Way too many of our fans do not realize that we are now a little fish in a big pond. Proof? Troy was just as athletic as we were, and they flat beat us - at our house.

 
HuskerInLostWages said:
This is true, but Riley was a loser, he's always been a loser and didn't care if we won or not.  I don't buy that Frost will accept kids accepting losing.
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I agree, but we can’t allow excuses like this to permeate what should be a culture of winning. Rebuild or not, that effort and attitude needs to be seen by the players on the field. Not just in press conference answers. 

 
We look like the kid who disappears under the blanket. like we know it's happening but we still cry when we realize it's happening

 
They literally stacked the box every play because of no throwing threat. You have 5 blocking 7-8 almost every play. That’s on offensive playcalling and QB who can’t get it done. Sure, the OL didn’t play great today but there are plenty of others to blame as well.

 
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Very self destructive team.

21 penalties in 2 games, loads of sacks and turn overs. QB needs better protection.

Need Martinez back.

Defense is actually pretty good, only 2 scores came from their offense. still aggressive so they will allow some big plays.

They are the bright spot. Offense might have been also with the better QB.

Really though, what a complete bummer that game was, did not expect this at all.

 
HuskerInLostWages said:
This is true, but Riley was a loser, he's always been a loser and didn't care if we won or not.  I don't buy that Frost will accept kids accepting losing.
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I don't either.  Today I saw kids accustomed to losing.  Kids who are "excepting of" if not "expecting to".  It's been like this for years even under Pelini.  The one gut punch, kick in the junk that the team can't/won't overcome.  It's gonna take years to unmuck that proraming...... 

 
blinky said:
We are:

1. Slow as a team

2. Undisciplined as a team

3. Still lacking offensive creativity

4. Not really the attacking defense we’re said to be

5. Not capable of generating turnovers

6. Going to be disappointed a lot this year
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Agree with all but 4. 1 is maybe. We are attacking. We blitz more than sit back in soft zones keeping everything in front of us....hence the big plays given up. Results don't show a successful attacking defense necessarily but it is the philosophy we are practicing.

 
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